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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24
The Worm of the State.

From the Phiiodelphin Press (Rep.)
The syndicate to corner the whisky market
has failed of its object, owing to the opposition
of the distillers. Even d worm of the still will
turn when trod upon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24
CURRENT COMMENT.
Rather Strange

From the NeW Orleans Picdytte CDen,.)
Strange as it may seem, when the odds are
against man IL is hard for him to get even.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24
Malaria.

Fred Browns Jamaica Ginger will relieve any
sudden attack Of malaria Never 10 10 mala.
rious district without 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24

The coal monopolists of Pennsylvania are
showing their deep concern for the interests
of American workingmen by continuing to
import pauper labor from Europe under
contract. They will be found in the Hobbies
of the capitol at Washington next winter
demanding, in aggressive language the con-
tinuance of the present high protective tariff
for the sole benefit of American working
men. How very disinterested these monop-
olists are!
There is but little change in ex-Secretary
Warnings condition, what little there is
being in the direction Of Improvement
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24
Society in Cities.

1t has often been remarked that man
may hide himself much more effectually in
a great city than anywhere else. This no
doubt is true but it would seem impossible,
even in a great city, for man to marry
two women and live in separate residences
with each, concealing his crime not only
from his dupes but from all his acquaint-
ances. Nevertheless, Michael HEREFORD, of
Cincinnati, did this for several years, and
doubtless would have continued to do it had
not one of his dupes decided to seek a new
residence.
Nine years ago HEREFORD married a woman
whom he met in the City Hospital. The
couple did not live together pleasantly, but
the wife never for a moment suspected that
her husband had another wife few days
ago she started out to find a residence that
would suit her better than the one in which
she was living. Suspended from door in
building she CHANGED to enter she observed
a sign bearing the name of Michael HEREFORD
She passed into the room and found woman
who introduced herself as Mrs. HEREFORD A
stormy scene ensued, during which it was
developed that the second wife had been
living with HEREFORD a number of years
Subsequently HEREFORD was arrested on the
charge of bigamy, and, in the course of
time, he will doubtless be duly punished
The case is interesting, not merely because
it illustrates how easily man may hide
himself in great city, but also because it
throws light upon the condition of society
there There is no doubt that crime like that
of Herford's is more frequent in cities than
in the country, and it is true, also, that as
whole society in cities is more corrupt than it
is in the country. 1t is not necessary to ex-
plain why this is so. The fact suggests, how
ever, that there is always need in cities
for the utmost vigilance upon
the part OF the authorities It
suggests, too, that every possible safeguard
should be thrown around the young by
those charged with the task of rearing and
| training them. Opportunities for going
asts,y are continually being presented to
the young in cities, and only unceasing
watchfulness will prevent them from being
used. Parents and guardians would do well
to keep their children and wards near
enough themselves not to lose their hold
upon them. The opposite course is almost
sure to cause shame and distress
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

Some remarkable discoveries were re-
Gently made at the clinic of Professor
Thiersch, in Leipsic, where a negro was
under treatment. In the course of the
treatment it was found necessary to re-
place portions of the skin with others
taken from parts of his own body, as
well as from one or two white persons
These latter pieces gradually grew darker
in color and finally as black as the pa
tents own skin. This singular fact led
to an experiment being made of trans
posing portions of black skin on a white
patient, and it was found that after a
few weeks these began to grow pale. In
less than fourteen weeks they had, in
fact, grown so white as not to be distin-
guishable from the patients natural skin.
DIR. Karg, assistant of Professor Thiersch,
has since made experiments and micro
scopic examinations of these phenomena,
and is about to publish the results for the
purpose of throwing some new light on
the coloring and reproductive processes
of the skin.-Home Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
Education and Work.

Many persons believe that under the
present system of education young people
are acquiring a distaste for manual labor,
and that there is, consequently, danger
that the trade and agricultural occupa-
tons will he deserted by all but the most
inefficient classes of workmen. Much of
the experience of English and American
society is in favor Of this view. and the
tendencies in France appear to he in the
same direction. AS an offset as TO what
may be said in favor of it. The London
Spectator directs attention to the fact
that no dislike of work. even of the
toughest character, has appeared among
two of the best educated races. The
Scotch. who have been taught for 200
years, and are now more thoroughly
trained than English national school boys,
show no disposition to avoid labor, but
are remarkable for persistent and fairly
contented industry. The Prus,ian peas
ants. who are as educated as the Eng
lish will be twenty years hence, work eX-
ceedingly hard and in the country, where
their holdings are their own. show none
of the resentment at their fate which is
manifested in the towns in the form of
socialist aspirations. Gardeners who al
over Great Britain are the best instructed
of manual laborers. work, more especially
when working for themselves. with un-
usual diligence; and it is matter of con-
slant observation that laborer who hap
pens by any accident to be a bit cf a
scholar can be depended upon when
work presses and every man is required.
The people of Rome, who can read and
write, are far more diligent than the
| Neapolitans. who cannot and the best
workmen in Italy are those who have
passed through the army, and so OBJ
tanned what is practically an education.
This seems to be no a priori reason why
it should be otherwise. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

In a book entitled the House of
Rothschild' it is related that Eugene
DelacroiX, the famous painter, thinking
that the head of Baron James Rothschild
would make splendid head for beg
gar, asked the eminent financier to sit as
a model. Consent was granted. While
the artist was engaged on the canvas,
one of the pupils entered and told Della
croix that that was an ideal beggar.
When Delacroix was not looking, the
pupil, in a good hearted manner, put a
coin in Rothschild's hand, for which the
beggar nodded his thanks. Rothschild
ascertained that the young painter who
had been so kind had much talent, but
very little money, and so he wrote him
that the coin he had given him had borne
interest, and that if he called at the
Rothschild banking house he would re-
ceive 10000 francs.-Public Opinion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

Men put down their papers and looked
out of the windows. Ting-a-ling, ting-a-
ling. The rope was moving through the
long train of cars. Down went the
brakes. The train stopped. The passen-
gers thought the bell had rung for Dam
GER Every one was much alarmed.
The men hurried out. The ladies leaned
out of the windows to look But there
was nothing to be seen. The train seemed
to be all right.
The brakeman ran down the track.
There was nothing wrong on the track.
Some of the brakemen went into the
baggage car. Then they found out why
the bell rang.
There was a monkey in the baggage
car. He had come from India in ship.
He was ON the way to gentleman who
had bought him.
In his old home in the forest he used
to Irvine his tail around the branches and
rock and swing.
He sat on trunk in the baggage car.
He thought this was a very dull way to
spend his time. He wished to play as he
did at home.
Soon he spied the bell wire. This bell
wire runs through the train at the top of
cars. He twined his tail round the wire
and rocked and swung. He enjoyed it
very much.
That was the way the bell was rung.
The brakemen laughed
They did not scold the queer little bell
ringer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
The Minor Arts.

No industry or art can be regarded as
trifling when poor person can make a
living by it, or when any number of peo-
pie, old or young, find in it amusement,
relaxation or instruction. | have known
many families in which the practice Of
the minor arts was discouraged under a
mistaken impression that it caused a
waste of time. or induced tastes and
habits which disqualified the young from
forming Cuisines habits. This is a
great mistake. All practical arts, how
ever small, induce habits of patience, in
dustry and self control. They form
habits of thinking; for, as men have
composed books while making shoes, so
others cannot help pursuing trains of
thought while carving, basket making OF
setting beads. And it is gradually being
found out and recognized that hand work
of any kind, but more especially that
which interests us, develops the con-
structive faculties; that is to say, makes
us apt with the fingers and quick al per-
ceiving anything, or at inventing or find
ing out ways and means to make or do
anything.
From this point of view. even setting
beads and inlaying with wire may have
their good effects as moral discipline
st. Nicholas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

Beside each :. &c stands LARGE calabash
of poi the piece Ge resistance # evcrr ma
tive rci as. l. H. mace from the rot of
the taro--an e-culcnt Of ;..c ACrul1 f1rl-
ily-which is ground into flC5r, beaten
into dough with stone lest.es, mixed
with water and allowed to ferment. 1t
is of a faded lavender color and looks
like bill posters paste-tastes like it. too.
whe- the bill poster has been careless
and allowed it to sour There is a mild
flavor of moldiness about poi which is
much admired by natives, but which my
Palate is too little educated to appreciate
1t is made in three forms. which vary
only in consistency and are expressly
described as Zone finger, 1.-TWO finger
and three finger poi. The lone fin
GER grade is the thicl;est, the three
finger the thinnest. 10 eat the latter
and not smear one 5 self and ones neigh
bors is to attain the height Of trencher
ability in Hawaii. 1t may he un-
necessary to explain the mysteries
of poi eating any further-ln the
present instance the honored adage that
FINGERS were made befor, forks is dis
regarded. and the latter artificial utensils
are employed. We make but little i'm
preston on our calabashes Of poi-even
with the assistance of dried fish, and a
pungent sauce made of the candle nut
(Which tastes like burned Almonds and
continued so to taste four days after the
luau is only memory the national dish
remained insipid. Others, better en-
dowed by nature, or with superior advan-
tages in the way of gastronomic educa-
/ a. - I
filled with admiration at the exploits of a
worthy native dame near by, who put
away three quart calabashes of it in an
awful and mysterious manner. Poi is
undoubtedly nutritious. The taro plant,
from which it is made. will support a
thousand men to the acre, and taro
field containing only forty square feet
will keep man for year, poi and the
taro root, baked or boiled being his chief
ood.-Honolulu Cor. New York Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
INVASION OE lie SEA.
shores waerc the Waves Fight Unceas-
inrly for Don iiOiou.

inrlv for Don. 4inion.
There ; .e portions Ct q land along
the sea coast where the waves are al
ways fighting for dominion. The wear
ing away of the earth is very rapid unless
these places are protected by artificial
dykes or by natural embankments Of
sand. On the east coast of England great
changes have teen wrought within few
hundred years. Where the old maps of
that coast appear Incorrect showing
capes where there are now bays, the
want of accuracy today is not due to any
fault of the maps. The shore line has
greatly changed, and villages and
churches have disappeared, or are now to
be seen under the waves.
The most wonderful thing about all
this is the slender means by which the
power of the sea is resisted. \ layer of
sand of only a few inches thickness,
washed up upon the edge of a marsh,
will bear all the pounding and beating of
the sea in a storm, and be made all the
firmer by what it has to endure. And
yet the same sand. when it is dry, will
drift before the wind like snow. and will
seem as poorly fitted for breakwater as
would a snow bank.
All along our Atlantic coast are to be
found beaches like those ON the east
coast of England, which rest upon soft
mud. The means for preserving these
are as simple as the nature of the beaches
themselves. Grasses that will grow in
the sand, and will grow nowhere else,
give the only protection that can be
found, and, in most instances, all the
protection that is needed. The variety
grown is called marum grass in Eng
land. The name evidently means sea
grass.
This grass was constantly sown by the
| Dutch on the sand hills which line their
sea shore; and it is altogether likely that
the practice Of sowing it was introduced
| into England from Holland in very early
| times.
There is said to be a widespread notion
among the people of Norfolk that some
penalty attaches to the gathering Of
marum grass for any purpose. This
must be tradition from times when
such laws were in force for there is no
law providing a penalty at present.
After great storm, in 1905, commits
sioners We're appointed to preserve the
sea banks on the east coast and il is
likely they made local rules and regula-
tons for the keeping of the grass.
As nature provides very simple meanf
for holding the water and the sand SC
the banks are threatened from a quarter
from which danger would hardly be ex.
pected When the water is low, the rats
pierce the banks with their holes, and
these quickly enlarge in the soft sand sc
that a single rat hole may prove the
destruction Of miles of embankment.
One thing which is not sufficiently
taken into account by those who are in
terested in dyking and retaining
marshes is that the peaty soil. upor
being drained. settles. and brings th'
surface much lower than before. Arti
fetal dykes need to be made with thi
result in view.-Youth 5 Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
A Courteous Foe.

One man, l well remember, whose left
hand was bandaged i'll rags, told how a
large, fine looking rebel officer charged
upon him with his saber pointed toward
his breast. The soldier raised his arm to
ward off the thrust, and the enemy's
sword went through the palm of his
hand; as they passed he raised his car
bine, and, turning in his saddle, shot the
retreating foe in the middle of the back.
The rebel threw his arms up in the air,
and crying, ''Oh, you Yankee son of a
gun!' rolled out of the saddle dead
man. What gentle training that officer
must have had, who, in the heat of bat
tie, in his very death agonies, had moth
ing more vindictive to say than You
Yankee son of gun No anathema,
no profane word, no vile expletive, but
only phrase that he might have hurled
at a mischievous schoolboy.-Frank Bel
lew in Mail and Express.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
Not "a Slave of Time.

Your true Spaniard, and especially the
official is no slave of time. Never do to-
day what you can put off till tomorrow
seems to be the national characteristics
Manana to-morrow) is the first word
you hear when entering Spain, and the
last one leaving it. Even railroad time
is taken easily like all other Spanish time.
You start when Dios quiere, and You ar
rive when you get there. There is only
one exception to this rule the bull fight.
Punctually To the second the performance
begins.-W. J. y. Fuller in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
WHEELING AND WHEELM6N.

Over a half million bicycles are in use in
England.
About 10000 bicycles are in use in the
United States,
The bicycle is used in the English postal
service.
The bicycle is quite popular with elderly
men in Europe.
Three of the powers use the bicycle for
military purposes.
There are 5000 bicyclists in New York
state, 2, 500 of them in New York city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

The talisman of Charlemange is in the
possession of the French empress. Its
pedigree is undoubted, having been found
fastened around the neck of Charlemange
at the opening of his tomb. 1t was APP
propriated by the town council of AiX-la-
Chapelle, and by them presented to the
first emperor He, in turn, made gift
of it to Hortense, at whose death it came
by descent to the husband of the present
owner. 1t is somewhat larger than a
walnut, the center is composed of two
rough pphires-which stone is said to
repel govt and ague and endow the
wearer with courage-a portion of the
Holy Cross and some other relics of the
Holy Land. These are inclosed in fill
gree work of fine gold, set with rare
gems. A French journal. while describ-
ing the talsman as La plus belle relique
de Europe, seems to hint that the for
mer good fortune of the late Emperor
Napoleon III may in some degree be at
tributed to the charm of the great tails
man. 1t, however, had not sufficient
power to avert his downfall and the
triumph of the country from whence first
came his talisman nor did it save the
third Napoleon from ruin,--Philadelphia
| Call
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

In Japan it is etiquette for a lover to
select some choice plant and place it at
night in vase or flower pot that hangs
suspended by three slender chains from
the veranda of such dwellings as possess
one or more marriageable daughters.
Should his suit be favored the floral gift
is watered and carefully tended; but if,
on the contrary, his advances are coldly
received by the maiden or if her kins-
folk object to the alliance, the plant is
found withered and forsaken in the gar
den walk the following morning. The
Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
FIGURES FROM BROOKLYN.

There are 32l churches in Brooklyn
The Smith families in Brooklyn number
1877.
Brooklyn's directory contains 1S2,0l7
names.
Brooklyn's population is estimated to be
9l0,0S5
During the past year 5000 persons between
the ages Of u and 80 were arrested for mis-
demeanors in Brooklyn. The persons ar
rested between the ages Of 81 and 60 years
were in number 3D.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
FRANCESCA AND PAOlO.

In that dim lighted land where bide
The spirits who have snned below,
One newly come saw 10y her glide,
In silence. mournfully and slow,
That other who upon her turned
Sad eyes that always swan in tears,
And moved dry lips that constant burned
With kisses never through the years
OF dateless icons to be kissed
Forever doomed the one to see
Her loved paolo near, and list
In vain for loving words: to be
Forever witness of his pain,
And long and long for aye to ease
The anguish of his heart. Sad twain
What lovers torments like to these9
Oscar Fay Adams.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
Brains Versus Solemnity.

Tom Corwin, of Ohio, once said that
all the monuments of the world were
built to solemn asses. He was a big,
brainy lawyer, and would have adorned
the supreme court bench Of the United
States States, but he made men laugh
and died disappointed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

There are great many people in the
poorhouses who get there by sitting down
and waiting to be appreciated instead of
going to work.-Fort Worth Tex Mail.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15

The graves of Wendell Phillips and his
wife at Milton Center are unmarked by
any monument whatever
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-15
THE SILVER PLATE.

| They passed 1t along from pew to new,
| ana gathered the coins, now fast now few,
That ratified upon it, and every time
Some eager fingers would drop a dime
On the silver pate with silver sound;
boy who sa. in the aisle looked round
| With wistful face-"O. if only he
Had dime TO offer, how glad he'd beF
ne ne tumoled ms pockets, but didn't dare
And much as he searched, when all was done,
DE haunt discovered single one.
He had listened with wide set, earnest eyes.
As the minister. in plaintive wise
Had spoken of children all abroad
The world who had never heard of God;
Poor, pitiful Pagans. who didn't know
When they came to die, where their souls
would go;
And who shrieked with fear when their mothers
made
Them kneel to an idol god-afrsid
He might eat them up-so fierce and wild
And horrid he seemed to the frightened child
" How different" murmured the boy, while his
Lips trembled-" How different Jesus isl
And the more the minister talked the more
The boys heart ached to its inner core;
And the nearer to him the silver plate
Kept coming, the harder seemed his fate
That he hadn't a penny chad that sufieedl
TO give, that the heather might hear of Christ.
But all at once, as the silver sound
Just tinkled behind him, the boy looked round,
And they offered the piled up plate to him,
And ne blushed, and eyes began to swim.
Then brayely turning as if he knew,
There was nothing better that he could do,
He spoke in a voice that held tear
Put the plate on the bench beside me here"
And the plate was placed for they thought he
meant
To empty his pockets of every cent
But he stood straight up. and he softly put
Right square in the midst of the plate-his foot,
And said with a sob controlled before
81 will give myself have nothing morer'
-MurQ1ret j. Preston.